Is There a Male Sexual Desire for Variety?

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A pretty high proportion of men who buy sex are in a married or in relationships. And also probably just that's kind of a drive towards like reckless sexual variety, which presumably Hugh Grant could get anywhere he likes. You don't have to take them out to dinner and engage in conversation and, and actually have a relationship. Yeah. Well, of course, Christianity outside of Mormonism is, is, is very unusual among religious traditions and its insistence on monogamous marriage. Very, very unusual and was very unusual in the first century when it emerged.

Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously positive thing. The sexual revolution has liberated us to enjoy a heady mixture of erotic freedom and personal autonomy. Right? Wrong, argues Louise Perry in her provocative new book.

Shermer and Perry discuss: What was the sexual revolution? • feminism: first wave, second wave, third wave, and beyond • the evolutionary psychology of sex differences • experiencing self vs. remembered self • individual freedom vs. societal good • monogamy vs. polygamy • marriage vs. domestic partnerships • Why is the government in the marriage business? • BDSM and sexual violence • autogynephilia • trans matters • abortion matters.

Louise Perry is a writer, New Statesman columnist, and campaigner against male sexual violence. Her new book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, has sparked an international conversation about sex in the 21st century.